Permaculture Scholarships

Scholarships are open for permaculture workshop.
Scholarship applications may now be submitted to attend the 10-day
permaculture
design workshop Aug. 6-15, 1999, in Camptonville, Northern California.
Deadline for
applications is July 14.
Led by permaculturists Dan and Cynthia Hemenway, participants will form teams
and
develop a design for the family homestead that is the workshop site. The
program is suitable
for beginners seeking to learn to design their own homes, people seeking deep
preparation
for a certificate Permaculture Design Course, and advanced students working on
their design
skills. Scholarships are only open to people without previous permaculture
training,
however.
The initial weekend is a stand-alone workshop where participants produce a
rough
draft permaculture design. Starting Monday, participants flesh out and refine
their design,
delivering a report to the residents the following Saturday. Instruction
during the week is
confined to topics needed to produce this specific design. The design will
integrate human
activity with the contour, soil, solar energy, and water flows of the site to
provide water,
food, shelter, energy, and other patterns supportive of the residents.
Creating a joyous and
enjoyable setting is central to the design goals. Sunday afternoon, Dan will
conclude the
workshop with a clinic to discuss permaculture-related problems that
participants bring
from their own situations. Participants can register for the full workshop or
just the initial
weekend. There is a limit on enrollment.
The workshop is designed to meet the needs of a variety of participants
including:
people wishing to learn to design their own homes; people seeking strong
preparation for
the certificate Permaculture Design Course, certified permaculturists seeking
advanced work,
and present or future students of the Online Permaculture Design Course who
will use the
workshop to meet their design project requirement.
Child care can be arranged with advance notice. Send SASE for a complete
flyer.
Inquire also if you wish to host permaculture or forest workshops in your area.
Limited
scholarships for Native Americans, women, minorities, and others are available.
To obtain scholarship application guidelines, or information about fees,
housing, meals and similar
matters, contact Birdsong Sundstrom, P.O. Box 125 Camptonville, CA 95922
(530)287-3413.
<birdsong at sccn.net>
To arrange for advanced work or online course credit, or to book another
workshop in your own region, contact:
Elfin Permaculture, P.O. Box 52, Sparr FL 32192-0052 USA.
<Permacltur at aol.com>